Adjustable height auxiliary chair



25, 1955 c. E. FAULCONER ADJUSTABLE HEIGHT AUXILIARY CHAIR Filed June14, 1954 United States Patent 2,721,603 ADJUSTABLE HEIGHT AUXILIARYCHAIR Claude E. Faulconer, Cincinnati, Ohio Application June 14, 1954,Serial No. 436,461

2 Claims. (Cl. 155-11) This invention relates to chairs and moreparticularly to chairs provided with an adjustable seat whereby thechair may be rendered suitable for use by small children of variousages.

An object of this invention is to provide a chair for small childrenhaving means for adjusting the height of the seat, and which is soconstructed that it can be mounted on the back of a chair, an automobileseat, or be suspended from a swing.

A further object of the invention is to provide a chair of the type setforth above that can be manufactured at low cost from tubular stock.

The above and other objects of the invention will be apparent to thoseof ordinary skill in the art to which the invention pertains from thefollowing description and drawings:

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a chair embodying a form of theinvention;

Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation showing the chair mounted on the backof an automobile seat;

Fig. 3 is avi'ew showing the chair mounted on the back of a straightbacked chair, the chair of the invention being shown provided with aswing suspension, also; and

Fig. 4 is a view in section taken on line IV-IV of Fig. 1.

In the drawings a chair 1 is illustrated that comprises a base 2,uprights 3 and 4 at the sides of the base, and a back 5.

As shown, the base and uprights at the sides of the base and the frameof the back 5 are formed from a continuous piece of tubular stock. Thebase of the chair is of substantially U-shape with the bight or crossbar6 of the U extending across the front thereof. The sides 7 and 8 of theU extend rearwardly as shown. The tubular stock is so formed that thesides 3 and 4 comprise a plurality of return bends having supporting barportions 9 which compose the upright 3, and corresponding bar portions10 which are parts of the return bends of the upright 4. The barportions 9 and 10 of the uprights 3 and 4 are substantially parallel tothe base and to each other. The spacing between the respective bars ofthe upright portions 3 and 4 is such as to accommodate a removable seat12. The seat 12 may be raised or lowered, depending on which pair ofbars 8 and 9 the seat is placed.

The uppermost bars 9 and 10 extend rearwardly and upwardly to formuprights 13 and 14, which constitute side members for the back of thechair. The uprights 13 and 14 are connected by a cross member 15 whichmay be padded and upholstered as shown to provide a back rest.

In order that the chair 1 may be mounted on the back of a grown-upschair, for example a table chair, the back of the chair is provided withupwardly extending inverted hook members 17 and 18. The members 17 and18 as shown are secured to the back of the cross member 15 by means ofclamps or clips 19 of any suitable form. When the chair is to besupported from the back of an automobile seat as in Fig. 2, invertedhooks 17' (only one of which is shown) having a wider bite than the biteof hooks 17 and 18, may be substituted for the latter.

The uprights 13 and 14 may also be provided with clips 20 having eyestherein into which the hooks 21 of a belt 22 may be inserted to secure achild in the seat where such safety precautions require it. The chairmay be also suspended from a sling 23 of a swing by attaching theelements of the sling to the members 20 and to the forward part of theupper bar members 9 and 10.

The bars 9 and 10 may also support a board or table member 25 whichserves as a tray for food.

Having thus described the invention, it will be apparent to those ofordinary skill in the art to which it pertains that various changes andmodifications may be made in the illustrated embodiment withoutdeparting from either the spirit or the scope of the invention.

Therefore what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by LettersPatent is:

1. A chair comprising a base, uprights at the sides of the base and backside members, the uprights and back side members comprising continuoustubular members so formed that the base is of substantially U-shape withthe bight of the U at the front of the chair, the uprights beingcontinuations of the rear ends of the sides of the U and so formed as toprovide a plurality of return bends, the last turns of which bendsextend upwardly to form side members of the back of the chair, saidupwardly extending side members being connected by a back rest member,and a return bend of one of said uprights together with a return bend ofthe other located at the same level being adapted to support a seatthereon.

2. A chair according to claim 1 in which the chair back is provided withupwardly extending inverted hooks for suspending the chair from asupporting member such as a larger chair or the like.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS1,387,049 Gunderson Aug. 9, 1921 1,742,822 Olson Jan. 7, 1930 2,642,923Roeder June 23, 1953 FOREIGN PATENTS 555,041 France Mar. 15, 1923

